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In article <905971685.7237.1.nnrp-03.d4e48b20@news.demon.co.uk>,
Alisdair Wren <alisdair@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes

>A little while ago, Richard Clayton <richard@turnpike.com> digitally said:
>>>I have examined the appropriate RFCs which I can find, but cannot find 
>>>how to:
>>>a)  Authenticate a Usenet client trying to connect to a server which 
>>>requires it -or-
>>you need Stan Barber's Internet Draft <draft-ietf-nntpext-imp-03.txt>
>>(or indeed the source for a modern news server)
>
>Is this Internet Draft likely to be enshrined in RFCdom any time soon?

hard to say, it's about two years old now

><OPTIMISM> I take it that since the protocol laid down therein has 
>probably been embraced fairly enthusiatically that it's not going to be 
>likely to change...</OPTIMISM>

it describes the current situation - the draft is quite sufficient for
most practical purposes

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